Carlos and Maya dreamed of becoming space explorers.
On their way home, Carlos and Maya saw a spaceship in the window of a toy store. They went inside the store to see how much it cost. They saw the price and it was too expensive. They tried to pool their money together but it still wasn’t enough.
They left the store sad and disappointed. Carlos suddenly realized that his birthday was coming up. Maybe he could ask their parents to buy the spaceship as a gift for his birthday.
When they got home, Carlos ran straight to their mother and told her what he wanted for his birthday.
Their family didn’t have much when it came to money. So, when their dad stopped by the store to see the toy that Carlos wanted, he found it was too expensive. They couldn’t afford it.
On the day of his birthday, Carlos got up early, excited to see his gift. But when he got to the living room, he saw a spaceship that was made out of a cardboard box. His dad had made it for him. It had wings on each side and had enough space to ride in. It was a spaceship but it wasn’t what he wanted.
Tears flowed (流) from Carlos’ eyes and he ran back to his room. Maya had just woken up and saw their mom knocking on the door and asking Carlos to come out. But he didn’t want to.
Maya got to the living room but couldn’t see the spaceship they had seen, only the cardboard box. She saw their dad beside it, bent down (弯着腰) on one knee with his head down.
Maya didn’t want her brother to be sad on his birthday. So she tried to think of a way to cheer her brother up. She looked at the cardboard spaceship and got an idea.
Carlos didn’t have breakfast and now he was hungry. He was about to get out of bed when he heard a knock on the door. It was Maya. She said that they had a surprise for him.
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Carlos opened the door and just saw Maya was sitting in the cardboard spaceship.
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A moment later, they stopped at the dinner table where there was a card that said “Best Restaurant in Space”.
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A nearly 300-year-old musical instrument
The violin is owned by Regis Pasquier,
Pasquier has since played the instrument in
At that price, the violin would not even be the costliest in the world. In 2012,
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3 . Joan Fournier and her daughter stopped at a fast food restaurant in Cornwall for some lunch.
Later in the evening when they went shopping, Fournier realized the money wasn’t there.
Fournier returned to get the money.
For Patterson’s part, doing anything — but returning the money never crossed her mind.
A.Her first thought was to put it in her pocket. |
B.Fournier thought she would be getting it back. |
C.Moreover, she never expected anything in return. |
D.In her pocket, Fournier had her cellphone and a $100 bill. |
E.She also brought along a card and a cash gift to express her thanks. |
F.After searching everywhere, she decided that maybe it fell out at the restaurant. |
G.When Fournier called, she heard the story of how Patterson had turned in the cash she’d found. |
4 . A newly published study shows that chess players perform objectively worse and — make more suboptimal (次最优的) moves when there is more fine particulate matter (颗粒物) in the air.
“We find that when individuals are exposed to higher levels of air pollution, they make more mistakes, and they make larger mistakes,” says Juan Palacios, a co-author of a newly published paper detailing the study’s findings.
Scholars have produced many studies exploring the effects of air pollution on cognition. The current study adds to that literature by analyzing the subject in a particularly controlled setting. The scholars used three web-connected sensors inside the tournament venue to measure carbon dioxide, PM2.5 concentrations, and temperature, all of which, can, be affected by external conditions, even in an indoor setting.
To evaluate the matter of performance of players, meanwhile, the scholars used software programs that assess each move made in each chess match, identify optimal decisions, and flag significant errors. During the tournaments, the researchers examined and ruled out alternate potential explanations for the dip in player performance, such as increased noise. They also found that carbon dioxide and temperature changes did not correspond to performance changes. Ultimately, the analysis confirms that the findings are driven by the direct exposure to air particles.
The researchers also found that when air pollution was worse, the chess, players performed even more poorly when under time constraints. The tourmament rules required that 40 moves had to be made within 110 minutes; for moves 31-40 in all, the matches, an air pollution, increase of 10 micro-grams per cubic meter led to an increased probability of error of 3.2 percent, with the magnitude of those errors increasing by 17.3 percent. And while the focus of this particular study is tightly focused on chess players, the findings have strong implications for high-skilled office workers.
1. What does the study find about air pollution?A.It becomes more and more serious in the gym. |
B.It can help evaluate chess players’ performance. |
C.It may affect more people with mental processes. |
D.It can’t be affected by indoor surroundings. |
A.To measure carbon dioxide and temperature. |
B.To assess the performance of players. |
C.To help players make great moves. |
D.To distinguish players’ errors in time. |
A.Limit. | B.Freedom. | C.Consumption. | D.Measurement. |
A.Various reasons for chess players’ mistakes. |
B.A new research on chess players’ performance. |
C.Scholars’ concern about chess players’ health. |
D.The influence of air pollution on chess players. |
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Discover an unknown land on this special adventure through the heart of Arnhem Land. Travelling from Nhulunbuy to Darwin, you’ll journey through areas that no other tour company can take you, and that few outsiders have ever seen. Along the way, stay in our network of luxurious safari camps (豪华的游猎营地) and wilderness houses, including the Seven Spirit Bay on the Cobourg Peninsula. As part of the adventure, you’ll also enjoy real cultural activities with indigenous (土著的) guides, learning about this place from those who know it best.
Most exciting parts of the adventure include:
·Spend 7 nights in our network of safari camps and houses
·Discover the Arafura Swamp, location for the film “Ten Canoes”
·View ancient rock art galleries and sail in wetlands at Davidson’s Arnhemland Safaris, Mount Borradaile
·Enjoy a Welcome to Country performance at Yirrkala
·Explore a historic Victoria Settlement at Port Essington, Circa 1838
·Discover the waters of the Cobourg Marine Park Sanctuary
·Fish for barramundi & enjoy breathtaking sea adventures
1. What do we know about this trip?A.It starts at Arnhem Land. |
B.It will be organised for September first. |
C.It requires every visitor to spend at least $12,395. |
D.It asks people to pay additional money for their accommodation. |
A.Exploring Amhem Land deeply like other companies do. |
B.Experiencing local culture with indigenous guides. |
C.Travelling with experienced outsiders. |
D.Making camp in the wild. |
A.Having chances to cook fish alone. |
B.Visiting historical sites at Yirrkala. |
C.Spending nights at safari camps. |
D.Taking part in making a film. |
6 . The plot of the story of “The Million Pound Bank Note” centers on the impossibility of encashing (兑现) a high valued bank note by a common man. Within this story it is narrated (叙述) that only two such notes were ever issued and anyone who walks into a bank to cash that note will get himself in trouble. So, do such million pound bank notes really exist? Let’s do a bit of digging around for the purpose of satisfying the curiosity over this question.
Such high valued pound bank notes do exist, and they were usually used for transactions (交易) within banks. The Bank of England used “one million” and “hundred million” pound bank notes to keep parity (等价) with bank notes issued by Scottish and Northern Irish banks. These notes — the one million ones were called “giants” and came in A5 size and the hundred million ones were called “titans” having an A4 size — were more like IOU documents (legal forms that describe a loan between a lender and a borrower) and they were special issues from the Bank of England to meet the requirement of backing the value of everyday notes issued by banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Nine such one million pound notes were issued in connection with the Marshall Plan (the US’s post-war aid program to Western Europe), equal to the loan from the US after World War II (WWII) in 1948. After cancellation (取消), of these nine only seven were destroyed and two survived with private collectors. Such high valued notes are not usually found in the normal transactional scenes and it is believed that notes worth eight billion pounds were printed in these heavy denominations (面额) in total.
Mark Twain can create humor from narrations of unrealistic (不现实的) and often funny simple situations and “The Million Pound Bank Note” is a nice example of his storytelling abilities.
1. Why does the author mention “The Million Pound Bank Note” in paragraph 1?A.To bring up the topic. | B.To question the readers. |
C.To retell the famous story. | D.To support the topic. |
A.They were the same size. | B.They were sold at a discount. |
C.They were issued by banks in Scotland. | D.They were mainly used within banks. |
A.Seven of them were destroyed in WWII. |
B.Two of them became private collections. |
C.All are worth eight billion pounds now. |
D.All were used by the public at that time. |
A.To show Mark Twain’s humor. |
B.To praise Mark Twain and his work. |
C.To introduce “The Million Pound Bank Note”. |
D.To uncover Mark Twain’s attitude towards society. |
7 . Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s love of water started at an early age. Born on 11 June, 1910 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France, by the age of just four he’d already learned to swim. Though he was pretty bad at school, he had a gift for understanding mechanical objects. As a teenager, he bought a movie camera, took it apart to understand how it worked and then put it back together again. He used it to create home movies.
In 1930, Jacques joined the French Naval Academy and planned to become a pilot, but three years later he had a car accident and got injured. To regain his power, doctors suggested that he swim, and during his travels with the French Navy in 1936 a friend gave him some goggles (护目镜) to help him see underwater. His plans to take to the sky might have been killed but luckily his eyes were opened to a magical world under the sea.
In 1950, Jacques got hold of an old British warship and turned it into a research vessel (船) that he named the RV Calypso. He used it to sail around the world and as a base for exploring underwater habitats and shipwrecks (遇难船) — from the Antarctic to the Amazon. But he soon realized that to collect money for his research he needed to get the public interested, so he began writing books and making TV series about his adventures. He finally won three Oscars for his films.
In the 1960s, Jacques joined in three futuristic projects to build underwater labs, nicknamed Conshelf Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ. And in 1963 he and five other researchers spent 30 days living under the sea! During his many explorations, Jacques began to notice the harm humans were doing to the sea, so in 1973 he set up the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life.
Jacques spent the rest of his life supporting environmental causes such as banning whale hunting. He died in 1997, but will always be remembered for his pioneering underwater exploration!
1. What opened the door for Jacques to explore the sea?A.His experience of learning to swim. | B.His experience of traveling with the French Navy. |
C.His doctor’s encouragement. | D.His friend’s suggestions. |
A.To afford his trip to Britain. | B.To follow his dreams of filming. |
C.To raise money for his research. | D.To share his trips with the public. |
A.Humans knew little about the sea. |
B.Humans had harmed the sea a lot. |
C.Humans did a great job in protecting the sea. |
D.Humans should be spending more money on researching the sea. |
A.following the time order | B.making comparisons |
C.examining differences | D.giving examples |